Leschi Park (Seattle)
Leschi Park is an 18.5 acre (75,000 m²)
park in the
Leschi neighborhood of
Seattle, Washington, named after
Chief Leschi of the
Nisqually tribe. The majority of the park is a grassy hillside that lies west of Lakeside Avenue S. and features
tennis courts, picnic tables, and a playground. Across Lakeside Avenue to the east is the western shore of
Lake Washington and a small lawn with benches. To its south is the southern portion of Leschi
Moorage, separated from the northern portion by a parking lot in the E. Yesler Way right-of-way, private docks, and an office/restaurant complex.
The cable car run from
Pioneer Square that operated from
September 27,
1888, to
August 10,
1940, terminated here. As with
Madison Park to the north, there was a cross-lake ferry run from Leschi Park to the
Eastside before the construction of the
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge.
Seattle's first
zoo was located here, but moved to
Woodland Park in
1903.
Leschi Park borders
Frink Park in its southwest corner.
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Parks Department page on Leschi Park
